Papers & Reports

Many projects have not only led to academic publications and media appearances, but also reports for participants,
policy makers and user groups as well as other papers.
Those that award holders have supplied may be downloaded.

Recent Research on Religion, Discrimination, and Good Relations
24 May 11

Author: Linda Woodhead

In this report commissioned by the Equality and Human Rights Commission Religion and Society Programme director Professor Linda Woodhead reviews recent and ongoing research in the United Kingdom (UK) relevant to the topic of religion, equality and discrimination in the UK, including a lot from the Programme.

This report presents the findings from the Religion and Society funded large scale project at Nottingham University Religion, Youth and Sexuality. You can also listen to Michael Keenan and Sarah-Jane Page discuss this research in podcasts here.

Opting Out of Religious Education:The Views of Young People from Minority Belief Backgrounds
17 September 10

This is the final report from the eponymous Phase 2 Small Grant led by Dr Alison Mawhinney at Queen's University Belfast investigating young people from minority belief backgrounds' experiences of opting out of Religious Education and collective worship at schools in Northern Ireland. The project has led to many significant findings and recommendations including that "the Education authorities (at national, regional or local government level as appropriate) should issue information to clarify that the right to opt out of religious education and collective worship is applicable to all schools. Standardised guidelines should be issued on appropriate practice for schools with regard to the notification of the right to opt out and the procedures to accommodate those wishing to exercise the right."